[Only she can hear the voice, sudden through the burst of static inside of her own skull. There's a quality to the way Quartz says her name, as if this isn't the first or second time he's screamed at her across the line so far, but it's faint to her hearing under the wash of white noise sinking into her ears.]
Liz, we're getting some unusual neuro-kinetic activity here and your BP is 145/85. Liz? Lizzie, that's pretty high--
[Somewhere in the Real, Bullet is bent over Quartz's shoulders, an instant from snatching off his headset and sharpening his questions into an order. Fear makes people hard, sometimes. Some people.]
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[Only she can hear the voice, sudden through the burst of static inside of her own skull. There's a quality to the way Quartz says her name, as if this isn't the first or second time he's screamed at her across the line so far, but it's faint to her hearing under the wash of white noise sinking into her ears.]
Liz, we're getting some unusual neuro-kinetic activity here and your BP is 145/85. Liz? Lizzie, that's pretty high--
[Somewhere in the Real, Bullet is bent over Quartz's shoulders, an instant from snatching off his headset and sharpening his questions into an order. Fear makes people hard, sometimes. Some people.]